#南相馬市

祝日のこどもの日、5月5日はピースプロジェクトの設立理念の最たるイベント、「子どもまつりin南相馬」！コロナの影響を受け、実に3年ぶりの開催、好天すぎる天候にも恵まれての開催となりました！

今年の目玉はこの“逆バンジー”。アウトサイドフェスティバルで見かけて、以前から気になっていたこともあり「いつか子どもまつりでも使えたらいいな」と思っていましたが、今年の目玉アトラクションとして登場しました。密を避ける為に導入した整理券、逆バンジー分はあっという間に配布終了となりました。やはり凄い人気です。

逆バンジーのほかにも毎年恒例のアトラクション「ふわふわ遊具」「キックボクシング体験」「スーパーボールすくい」「ターザンロープ（ZIPLINE)」も長蛇の列となりました。
どのアトラクションでも子供たちの楽しむ声、笑顔を見ることができ、この子どもまつりを楽しみにしてくれている方が多いことも実感しました。

On May 5^th, “Children’s Day”, a national holiday,we held the “Children’s Festival in Minamisoma”, the most important event of the Peace Project’s establishment philosophy! Due to Covid, it was held for the first time in 3 years, and it was blessed with great weather!

The highlight this year is this “reverse bungee”. Since I saw it at the outside festival, I had been interested in it for a long time and was hoping that I could use it at the children’s festival someday… and it has appeared as a main attraction this year. The numbered tickets were introduced and distributed to avoid crowd and the reverse bungee jumping numbered tickets were gone in no time. It was very popular. In addition to the reverse bungee, the annual attractions “fluffy playset,” “kickboxing experience,” “super ball scooping,” and “Tarzan rope (ZIPLINE)” also became a long line.

At every attraction, we could see the children’s smiles, and I realized that many people were looking forward to this children’s festival.

そしてお昼時に長蛇の列を作ったのは、こちらも恒例「焼きそば」です。

ピースプロジェクトの焼き手プロ二人による見事な焼きさばき？によって約400食以上の焼きそばを提供いたしました。

And it was the customary “yakisoba” ( Japanese noodle) that made a long line at noon. Two great professional noodle chefs of Peace Project were very efficient and provided more than 400 meals of yakisoba.

子ども祭りのフィナーレは、もちろん「ビンゴ大会」！景品は毎年ご寄贈くださいます、サンエックス社様より、人気キャラクターリラックマやすみっコぐらしグッズです。

The finale of the children’s festival is, of course, the “Bingo Tournament”! Company, San-X kindly donate a free gift every year, a popular character Rilakkuma , Sumikko Gurashi goods for us.

At the time of such an event, “to end the event safely” is the priority above all, and despite the large number of visitors this time, there was no big accidents nor injuries, and we were able to finish it safely. The smiles of the children that I could see in it were outstanding, and above all, they gave us energy. Thanks to all the volunteers who participated, we were able to manage and finish on time. It was an unprecedented attempt to measure the temperature at the reception desk of more than 800 visitors . Also, there are many supporters who donated because it is difficult to participate as a volunteer. With the support of various people, I would like to continue to work on the “Children’s Festival in Minamisouma” event, which makes children smile.